- The Nayak, or Naik, is a
historic honorific title conferred on
military captains and
governors of
feudal states in the
Middle Ages. It is also a surname...
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Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal is a
palace completed in 1636 by
Tirumala Nayaka, a king of the
Madurai Nayak dynasty, who
ruled Madurai from 1623 to 1659. It...
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relative Kothala in his
clash against Nallama Nayakkar brings about a
bonding between the two, as
Nayakkar killed Kothala's
father Thavasi Thevar in a melee...
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ruler also
gilded the
vimana of the
primary shrines with gold.
Chettiappa Nayakkar rebuilt the
Dvarapala mandapam in
front of the
Sannadhi gopuram, as well...
- king
married a
bride from
Madurai Royal family, the
daughter of
Pitti Nayakkar. Again, in 1710, he
married another bride from Madurai. He had no children...
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Consort was a
princess from the
Madurai Nayakkar dynasty. She was
known as
Pramila Devi,
daughter of Lord
Pitti Nayakkar and Lady
Abhirami Devi. She was known...
- Nayakar,
Nayakkar,
Nayaker , Naikar,
Naidu or
Naicker is a
title commonly used in the
southern part of
India by Kannada,
Tamil and
Telugu speaking people...
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October 1799. He
belongs to the
Thokalavar sub-sect of the
Rajakambala Nayakkar community.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman was born to
Jagaveera Kattabomman Nayakar...
- He
married the
daughter of one
Nadukattu Sami
Nayakkar in 1749. He
further married three more
Nayakkar queens from Madurai, but had no children. He also...
- the
Nayakkars remained fraught throughout the 18th and
early 19th centuries. As
early as Narendrasinha's reign,
attempts at
appointing Nayakkars to prominent...
